Who we are
Timeline is built and operated by Rundle Automation, Inc., a New Mexico corporation based in Albuquerque.
What we collect
- Sign-in details. If you sign in with Google, we receive your name and email address from Google. If you sign in with a passkey, we store the passkey's public key and, if you choose to give one, your email address. We never see or store a password.
- Your content. The events, journal entries, todos, contacts, metrics, tags and photos you add.
- Settings. Preferences such as language, week start day and where you last left your timeline.
- No tracking. We don't use advertising trackers or third-party analytics. We count things like sign-ups and events created from our own database to understand how Timeline is used, and we keep only the server logs needed to run and fix the service.
How we use it
We use your data to run Timeline for you, and for nothing else. We don't run ads. We don't sell, rent or share your data with advertisers or data brokers. We don't use your content to train AI models, ours or anyone else's.
Who can see your data
Other users cannot. Every request Timeline handles is limited to the signed-in account. This is enforced in the application code on every request.
Administrators can, technically. Like nearly every web app, Timeline's database can be read by whoever administers it. Access is limited to the people who operate Timeline, and is used only to maintain the service, fix bugs, and help when you ask for it. Before anyone new is given access to production data, we'll update this page.
The companies that host Timeline. Timeline runs on Google Cloud (Firebase and Cloud SQL) and uses Amazon Web Services for domain name service. These providers store and transmit data on our behalf under their own security commitments. They don't use it for their own purposes. Your data is stored in the United States.
Legal requests. We disclose data only when legally required, and we'll tell you about any request for your data unless the law forbids it.
How it's protected
- All traffic between your device and Timeline is encrypted (HTTPS).
- The database and its backups are encrypted on disk.
- Sign-in is by Google account or passkey only, so there are no passwords to steal or reuse.
Coming in V1.1: sealed and private entries
Sealed entries will be encrypted on your device before they're saved. Our servers will see only scrambled text, so no one, including us, can read them. Timeline will still know an entry's type and date, which keeps your timeline's layout working. Sealing an existing entry protects it from then on. It doesn't remove earlier copies from backups, which expire on the schedule below.
Private entries will stay hidden on screen when you present or share your timeline, for example on a video call.
Neither feature exists yet. Until V1.1, your entries are protected by the measures above, not by end-to-end encryption.
Keeping, exporting and deleting your data
- Export. You can export your timeline at any time.
- Delete. You can delete any event in the app. To delete your whole account, email us and we'll remove it. Deleted data disappears from the app immediately.
- Backups. We keep 30 days of daily backups so we can recover from mistakes and failures. Deleted data is fully gone once those backups expire, within 30 days.
Your rights
Wherever you live, you can ask us to show you the data we hold about you, correct it, give you a copy, or delete it. We'll respond within 30 days. If you're in the European Union or the United Kingdom, these are your rights under the GDPR, and you can also complain to your local data protection authority. We process your data because you asked us to provide Timeline to you.
Age
You must be 13 or older to use Timeline, or older where the law in your country requires it. We don't ask for your birth date. If we learn that an account belongs to someone under 13, we'll delete it.
Changes
If we change how your data is handled, we'll update this page and the date at the top. For significant changes, we'll tell you in the app before they take effect.
Questions
Write to rundle@rundle.com. You'll get an answer from a person.